In Memoriam: Marleen Starksfield Lowe – 1979-2020
The comics medium has lost a rare talent with the passing of Marleen Starksfield Lowe on the evening of 7th November 2020, after a long battle with Leukemia which she…
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The Dog and the Cat – Dominique Duong’s Queer Asian Romance Effortlessly Blends Mythology and Slice-of-Life Drama
I have expressed sentiments like this before on many occasions at Broken Frontier but I never tire of repeating them. One of the greatest joys of our championing emerging creative…
Preview: Happy Hour #2 – Milligan and Montenat Return to a World Where Unhappiness is Illegal Via Ahoy Comics
Hitting stores next week from Ahoy Comics, Peter Milligan and Michael Montenat’s Happy Hour (with colouring from Felipe Sobreiro and lettering by Rob Steen). Set in a world where unhappiness…
Dunce: Brego – Canine Capers from the Autobiographical World of Norwegian Creator Jens K Styve
Spinning out of his autobiographical Dunce series (described as “an alternative universe, where Calvin has grown up and moved to Norway”) Norwegian cartoonist Jens K Styve’s comic Dunce: Brego follows…
Inspiration: A Comics School Anthology – New Community Comics Project Showcases the Work of Emerging Creative Voices in a Digital Short Story Collection
Community-based projects will always be at the heart of what we do at Broken Frontier and Inspiration, the first of three digital anthologies from the Comics School project certainly fits…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 26th for an Avery Hill Publishing Special Featuring Owen D. Pomery, Abs Bailey and Claire Scully
Our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday November 26th with an Avery Hill Publishing Special! As usual we start at 7.30pm UK…
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Affordable Amazement #2 – The European Comics Anthology Returns with More Outlandish Offerings from Lord Hurk, Paul Ashley Brown, Tobias Tak and More
I would argue that Lord Hurk and, in turn Fancy Butcher Press the small press imprint he runs with Kevin Ward, have been criminally overlooked on the UK small press…
Listen to Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins and Andy Oliver Talking Graphic Novels on Radio Reverb’s Brighton Book Club
Broadcast over the weekend and now available as a podcast, the graphic novels special of Radio Reverb’s Brighton Book Club featured our own Jenny Robins talking about her new graphic…
Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir – Bishakh Som’s Exploration of Identity is a Remarkably Layered Graphic Memoir with More than a Hint of the Meta to Its Pages
Bishakh Som’s Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir may be an intricately layered piece of storytelling but such is the elegance of its narrative structure that the reader only comes to that…
Preview: Specter Inspectors #1 – New Queer Paranormal Series from Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto Debuts from BOOM! in Early 2021
February 2021 seems to be a pivotal month in publishers’ schedules with a flurry of previews for new series having been sent to us this week. Today it’s another book…
Preview: Chained to the Grave #1 – Wild West Weirdness from Brian Level, Andy Eschenbach and Kate Sherron Comes to IDW Publishing in Feb 2021
Yet another preview of a new series debuting in February 2021 (it’s been quite a week for them!) hits our inbox today and this time it’s Chained to the Grave, a…
2000 AD’s All-Ages ‘Regened’ Specials to Return in 2021
Hot on the heels of their latest Regened Special (which featured the art of 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Anna Readman and was reviewed here at BF) 2000…
London’s Cartoon Museum is a Finalist in the Prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers’ International Tourism Awards 2020
Fantastic news for our friends at London’s Cartoon Museum who have been shortlisted as a finalist in the British Guild of Travel Writers’ International Tourism Awards in the category of…
The Curious Case of Leonardo’s Bicycle – Brick Builds a Dense and Entertaining Investigation of an Apparent Artistic Hoax
“Is it about a bicycle?” he asked. As a lover of tall tales, the first thing that bounced into my noddle when I picked up The Curious Case of Leonardo’s…
Dark Horse Announce ‘Fear Case’ – New Horror Detective Series from Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins and Hilary Jenkins
If you’re a serial comics fan then early 2021 is already shaping up as a launching pad for a number of impressive looking new releases. Here’s news of yet another…
Blue in Green – A Spectacular Riff on a Familiar Tune from Ram V, Anand RK and Company
Erik Dieter always felt on the outside of things. He could never get close to his mother Alana, and when he returns home for her funeral in Blue in Green,…
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Colossive Cartographies #1-14 – Colossive Press’s Experimental Zine Series Features Work from Olivia Sullivan, Peony Gent, Sean Azzopardi, Gareth A Hopkins, Douglas Noble and More
Given how many comics creators are on the team at Broken Frontier we have an unwritten rule on the site. While we may cover their work in terms of features…
Preview: Orcs #1 – Christine Larsen’s New Fantasy Miniseries Debuts from BOOM! Studios in February 2021
There’s been a noticeable increase in previews for books debuting early in 2021 coming into our inbox over the last couple of weeks. The latest is Orcs! by cartoonist Christine…
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